Authors
R. P.
Pacumbaba
,
Professor of Plant Pathology
;
Caula A.
Beyl
,
Professor of Stress Physiology
; and
R. O.
Pacumbaba
,
Jr.
,
Ph.D. Candidate of Stress Physiology, Department of Plant, Soil, and Animal Sciences, Alabama A & M University, Normal 35762
ABSTRACT
Mycelial leachate of shiitake mushroom inhibited growth of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea, P. syringae pv. tabaci, Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines, X. campestris pv. campestris, Erwinia amylovora, Ralstonia solanacearum, Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, and Staphylococcus aureus. The mycelial leachate applied as soil drench prevented symptom expression of bacterial wilt of tomato and lima bean in the laboratory. The results suggested that the shiitake mycelia leachate contained an antibiotic ingredient.
